.,11¥ 0.tores t wnerA PUBLICATION OF THE NEW YORK FOREST OWNERS ASSOCIATION

Is it Polite?In answer to the question, "Is it

polite to ask country people howmany acres they own?" Yes. Thequestion is asked because mostpeople are confined to small plots.It is a wonderful thing to think ofowning a hundred acres. It is a.question borne out of curiosityand interest with no malice ortranslation into dollar figures. Imight, however, be embarassed ifmy 103 acres, mostly forest, wereposted land.

-Carolyn LindquistCortland, NY

Thank YouThe Forest Owner has become

very impressive.- Dorothy Wertheimer

Fayetteville, NY

If You've Got It, Flaunt ItNew York Forest Owners might

enjoy my recently acquired newlicense plates. They say"FORESTS" instead of having anumber. My father, Fred Najer,always liked to say that moneygrows on trees. I have beenmanaging the five wood lots heleft me for the past three yearsand have found it both fun andprofitable, so I thought I wouldgive credit where credit is due.

By the way, the car is pinegreen.

- Nancy Najer BritoMeriden, Connecticut

V'AII Come BackI sincerely hope your members

will vote to continue to be anexhibitor at the New York StateWoodsmen's Field Days. Ourforest industry show is now thelargest-attended show in the nor-theast. According to our survey,66% of attendees either ownwoodlands or have parents whoown woodlands ... just the peopleyour organization wishes to at-tract as members.

- Ruth ThodcnExecutive Vice PresidentWoodsmen's Field Days

, Boonville, NY

--The Cover---From little acorns do mighty oaks

grow. Ithaca, New York, illustratorBrian Keeler has captured the life ofan oak for our cover. Reprints maybe ordered from Brian at AgardRoad, Trumansburg, New York.

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Association Officers

Mary Soons McCarrv, President4300 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14618

letters posted &

IN THE MAILBOX ...passed along.

Computer Vol-nteerIt may be worthwhile to write a

short column on forestry - com-puter benefits. I will try to comeup with some possibilities. If you(or the readers) have any com-ments, ideas or suggestions,please let me know.

- John Gifford609 Newland Ave.

Jamestown, NY 147001

Send MoreI saw a copy of the March issue

and was impressed with the ar-ticles on the maple industry. Iown several acres of woodlot. Iwould like to learn more aboutthe association and how to getmore out of my woodlot.

- T.B. HobbsEllenburg Center, NY

----Woodlot

June 1: Log Scaling and GradingWorkshop, offered by SUNYCollege of Environmental Scienceand Forestry at the Berlin LumberCompany, Berlin, New York(Rensselaer County). Fee: $35,first come, first served. Call 315-470-6891.

June 22: Woods walk at wood-lands and Christmas tree plan-tation of Norman Richards,Delaware County, New York.

July 20: Woods walk at EvanJames' place, Franklinville, NewYork

August 9-10: Summer meeting ofNew York Christmas TreeGrowers Association. Ed Duhemeplantation, Northville, New York.Contact John Webb at 315-568-8173.

Applause for MikeAppreciation to the Empire

State Forest Products Associationand the Tree Farm Committee forhonoring Francis A. (Mike)Demeree as the outstanding TreeFarmer of the Year for New Yorkfor 1984. His accomplishments onhis tree farm, impressive at theyare, are dwarfed by his con-tributions on behalf of all forestland owners. He was a chartermember of NYFOA and washonored with our prestigiousHeiberg Award in 1969. He con-tinues to work diligently for im-provement in the state's forest taxlaw. It is hard to imagine any per-son more deserving of thenational Tree Farmer of the Yearaward then Mike Demeree.

- Doug MonteithSkaneatles, NY

Datebook----August 17: Woods walk atproperty owned by Willard Ives,Troy, New York.

September 13-14: Fall meeting ofNYFOA, to be held incooperation with Catskill ForestAssociation at Frost Valley YM-CA.

October 5: Woods walk at Jeffer-son County woodlands owned byWilliam Lynch, Jr.

October 13-16; II0th annualmeeting of American ForestryAssociation, Traverse City,Michigan. Theme: Private Forests

Centerpiece of America'sForest Resource. Contact AFA,1319 Eighteenth St., N.W.,Washington, D.C. 20036.

March, 1986: NYFOA tour toNew Zealand. 607-659-5275 fordetails.

Norman A. Richards, 1st VicePresident156 \X1estminster Ave.,Syracuse, NY 13210

Richard E. Garrett, 2nd VicePresident1261 Apulia Road, Lafayette, NY 13984

Robert M. Sand, SecretaryCotton Hanlon, Inc., Cayuta, NY 14824

Stuart McCarty, Treasurer4300 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618

Howard O. Ward, AssistantTreasurer240 Owego Street, Candor, NY 13743

George Mitchell, MembershipSecretaryBox 69, Old Forge, NY 13420

Thomas A. Conklin, Director10 Artillery Lane,Baldwinsville, NY 13027

Richard J. Fox, DirectorRD 3, Dresserville Road,Moravia, NY 13118

John H. Hamel, DirectorBox L, 3805 Sweet Road,Jamesville, NY 13078

J. Morgan Heussler, Director900 Porterville Road,East Aurora. NY 14052

Allen F. Horn, Director3978 Pompey Center Road,Manlius, NY 13104

John W. Kelley, Director1036 Snyder Hill Road, Ithaca, NY 14850

William H. Lynch, Ir., Director100 Whitestone Drive,Syracuse, NY 13215

Harold Petrie, DirectorRD. I, Box 117, Parish, NY 1.1131

Earl Pfarner, DirectorAllen Rd., Chaffee, NY 14030

Alec C. Proskine, Director9370 Congress Rd.,Trumansburg, NY 14886

A.W. Roberts, Director981 Rte. 222, Corrland, NY 13031

Evelyn Stock, DirectorCamillus, NY 13031

Lloyd G. Strombeck, Director57 Main Street, Owego, NY 13827

Wesley E. Suhr, DirectorRanger School, Wanakena, NY 13695

Materials submitted forpublication should be ad-dressed to: Alan R. Knight,Editor, N. Y. Forest Owner,257 Owego Street, Candor,New York 13743.

Written materials, photos,and art work are invited.Although the return of un-solicited materials cannot beguaranteed, they are-normallyreturned after use.

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A Message From the President

Tax time. Annual meeting time.Time to assess the past year's ac-complishments and disappointments.It is time to see how well things havegone and where we hope to go.

Some of the goals on my list wereachieved: good direction of TheForest Owner Magazine, a fine direc-tory issue as Evelyn Stock's final edi-tion, and now the new look with AlanKnight at the helm ... very good in-deed! Our finances and membershipnumbers are going well. Boardmeetings have been well attendedwith good participation. The LongRange Planning Committee has donea good job, and we are considering apart time executive to take some ofthe load off the volunteers.The fall meeting at Sagamore Con-

ference Center under DoungMonteith's direction was well attend-ed with a good program. Our woodswalks were successful under AlRoberts' direction, with help fromAlec Proskine. Five walks arescheduled for 1985.Chapters, which are provided for

in the by-laws in order to developregional get-togethers, are beingformed. One is in the Moravia area,under Dick Fox's leadership. HaroldPetrie is working on affiliates and weapplaud both these moves tostrengthen our membership.

Forest Owner SignsNow Available

These rugged metal signs are idealfor tacking on your barn door or ongate posts by your tree farm driveway.They are twelve inches by twelve in-ches, bright yellow with green lettering.Cost is $2 apiece, plus handling.

Send your check, payable toNYFOA, to Stuart McCarty, 4300 EastAvenue, Rochester, NY 14618.

Please send me signs.Enclosed is my check for$ (Number of signstimes $2, plus $1.75 for postagea~ handling)

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Our team effort of Directors will beenhanced by the new ones. I welcomeTom Conklin, Dick Fox, MorganHeussler, Evelyn Stock, and WesleySuhr. Dick Garrett and Earl Pfarnerare continuing in second terms.

My column would not be completewithout talking about trees. Myfavorite tree is the CanadianHemlock (tsuga canadensis), with thedogwood a close second (corn usflorida). I'm talking about aestheticbeauty and versatility. Hemlock canbe pruned as a hedge or as a compactindividual specimen, and also can bea giant in the forest. Both are here atour place. The dogwoods are adelightful promise of spring, lovely inlandscape planting, and a sweet sur-prise in the woodlands. As we droveup from Florida through Georgia andthe Carolinas, the dogwood gave us asense of fairyland amidst the deci-dious hardwoods just showing theirvaried green leaves. The "redbud" orJudas (cercis) were not yet in bloom,but the faint pink of the tight budsdid show.We might think of the future of

NYFOA like the buds of Spring, withour new team in place making apotential "blossoming" of effort for1985-1986. I'll keep you informed.Happy spring to all of you.

Mary Soons McCarty

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NYFOA Award to

Hanaburgh New in the WoodlotDavid H. Hanaburgh, of

Buchanan, New York, has beenawarded the 1985 New York ForestOwners Association award foroutstanding service.

Where the Heiberg Awardrecognizes outstanding service toforestry in New York State, theNYFOA Award recognizes service tothe association. The award wasestablished by the Board of Directorsin 1977.

Past winners have been EmielPalmer, 1978; Kenneth Eberley,1979; Helen Varian, 1980; J.LewisDuMond, 1981; Lloyd Strombeck,1982; Evelyn Stock, 1983; andDorothy Wertheimer, 1984.

Mr. Hanaburgh graduated fromthe University of Maine in forestry in1932 and the Yale School of forestryin 1939. He worked with the U.S.Forest Service from 1932 until 1938.He served with U.S. forces in Europein World War II before beginning hiscareer as a consulting forester ineastern New York. Dave has servedNYFOA from its beginning, holdingthe office of director from 1964-1974,vice president in 1964, and presidentin 1965 and again in 1977. He is theNYFOA representative to the EmpireState Forest Products Associationand has served on many committees,including legislation, condemnationand trespass, accreditation, timberharvesting, awards, nomination andeditorial. .:.

David H. Hanaburgh, winner oj 1985NYFOA outstanding service award

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WORKSAVERSEEDER/SPREADERNow your all-terrain toy can become a

seeder and fertilizer spreader, gettingyour seed out onto wet, clay soils whentractors would bog down or cut big ruts.Each of Worksaver, Inc.'sseeder/spreader is equipped with a one-bushel hopper of corosion-resistant,durable polyethylene and featurespositive seedgate control and variablefan speed for consistent, evendistribution. There's a lid for the hop-per, as well as a splash guard, 12-voltmotor, and complete wiring harness.Contact Worksaver, Inc., P.O. Box1000, Litchfield, Illinois 62056.Telephone 217-324-5973.

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Trees in aHurry:Morton Fry'sHybridPoplarsbyEd Klimuska

In the fall of 1954, the late Miles Fryspotted a notice in a farm magazine thathe couldn't pass up.

The federal Northeast Forest Ex-periment Station offered eight cuttingsof hybrid poplar trees to anyone whowould give a yearly report on theirgrowth.

Fry, a Pennsylvania farmer with aninquisitive mind, mailed in his dollar andgotthe cuttings.

Next spring he planted them along thewalls of the old smokehouse on hishistoric Lancaster County farm. Hisneighbors, the story goes, laughed athim.

Why was this intelligent man plantingsticks in some of the country's best farm-land? Lancaster County is one of thecountry's leading non-irrigated farmcommunities, having very productive,rich soil.

''When I first started the trees," heonce said. "I took a lot of kidding frompeople who told me I ought to plant corninstead of sticks. But I knew the hybridpoplar was going to be an important treeand I stuck with it."

By October, those cuttings grew to the10-foot eaves ofthe smokehouse.

"We were sure that we were workingwith an unusual and good tree," saysMorton Fry, Miles' son. "That was thebeginning of our hybrid poplar enter-prise."

Miles Fry died in 1982.Around his area, he was known for

his generosity, progressive spirit andsupport for farm education.

But local people will always remem-ber him as the man who put Frysville, thefamily homestead, on the internationalmap. From those eight cuttings grew theworld's largest hybrid poplar tree plan-tation, now run by Morton Fry. SaysFry, "We're known as the hybrid poplarcenter all over the world. You can go toSwitzerland. You can go to England.You can go to Sweden. Anybody thatknows anything about poplar trees andforestry knows about Miles W. Fry andSon."

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And anybody who knows anythingabout Morton Fry knows he's a majorsource of renewable energy in America.Working with university scientist andresearchers, Fry is pushing wood powerfrom his super trees.

More precisely, poplar power.As he puts it, ''We have, through the useof these trees, the potential of replacingall our liquid fuel requirements,replacing all our oil and nuclear powerplants, stopping the flow of petro-dollars into foreign lands while doing anabout-face on our balance of trade.

''The American farmer is not onlycapable of feeding this nation but offueling it as well."

Those are mighty words. But thehybrid poplar tree is a mighty tree withmany uses, some big, others small. It canbe developed into a backyard woodlotfor firewood. It's a natural for screeningor shade everywhere from industrialparking lots and golf courses to homesand drive-in theaters. It can be plantedfor the reclamation of coal spoil banks.Or it can be grown for timber onmarginal fields and abandoned farm-land, giving instant energy farms.

Hybrid poplar trees are called ''trees ina hurry" - and they are. They grow veryfast, with 20 to 40 feet in four years beingtypical growth.

Not only do they grow in a hurry butthey grow nearly anywhere: in the mar-shy shores of the Red Sea, on Pen-nsylvania clum banks, in dry Kansasfarmland and in the Pacific Northwest.

Says Fry: "We've got them planted allover the country. We probably haveshipped in each of the last five years to aminimum of 100 and maybe 300customers in each one of the westernstates. At one time Montana was a verybig state for us. The coastal area is ex-cellent for growing these trees. Theclimate is very similar to our climate inLancaster County. We've been shippingto the Northwest ever since we got intobusiness 29 years ago.

Morton Fry shows off a hybrid poplarcutting.

"The hybrid poplar is adaptable topractically any area because of the greatvariety of clones and the origin of theparent stock that goes into these clones.For example, if you go into theCanadian provinces you will find a lot ofhybrids that do very well."

With nearly three decades of researchin clonal selection, Fry can providecustomers with the best trees and the bestinformation about them. People knowthat. That's why they come to Frysvillefrom Europe, Canada and all parts ofthe U.S. To them, it's the holy land ofhybrid poplar trees. There, on 100 acresof his farm, Fry is taking on OPEC andgiving customers a woody alternative torising energy costs. There, Fry is tryingto fashion a new energy order with a veryold energy source.

Who isMorton Fry?And those hybrid poplar trees? What

of them?Fry, 52, is a civic leader and father of

four. He's the seventh generation of hisfamily to tend land in Frysville.

He's believer in wood power."Petroleums are finite," Fry says.

"Nuclear? I really have difficultybelieving it will ever recover from theimpact of the nuclear accident at ThreeMile Island, the hazardous wasteproblems and costs. I believe in the longterm biomass has the greatest oppor-tunity."

Fry has put his reputation on thehybrid poplar tree and markets them in abig way. In a year's time, he will selll.5million unrooted cuttings, 300,000rooted trees and 10,000 landscape-sizetrees. His products are available througha catalog.

And what makes hybrid poplar treesso special? It grows very fast and nearlyanywhere. Because of hybridization, thetree develops 6 to 8 feet a year andsometimes double that from a vigorousstump. Such rapid growth allowshomeowners to plant seedlings in theirbackyards and have "instant" shade.

They save precious time in formingwindbreaks, natural snow fences andshelterbelts. They are often used forborders for industrial parks, golf cours-es and schools. They make privacyscreens for drive-in movies. swimmingpools and driveways. In new and baresubdivisions, they create tree-linedstreets within a couple of years.

Not only can hybrid poplar trees beprotectors, they can be warmers too.That is, the trees can be harvested forfirewood. Fry advises people with a fewacres to plant rows of poplar trees in sue-cesive years. The trees will grow fast andcan be harvested year after year. Theywill regenerate themselves, too.

''These trees can be planted on closespacings and six to seven thousand treesper acre. They are self-regenerative andcan be harvested every two years afterthe initial cutting. Poplar ranges about

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18 to 20 million BTUs per cord. Youraverage hardwood comes in about 30million BTUs per cord. If you were bur-ning firewood and using three cords ofwood, you need at least five cords ofpoplar.

''The real advantage of poplar showsitselfwhen firewood isscarce and expen-sive. It's the only crop you can grow.You can make yourself energy self-sufficent."In addition to being fast-growing and

havingmany uses, the hybrid poplar treeis tough and livesalmost anywhere. Sur-vival rates up to 90 percent are not un-common even when working with lowpH and poor soil. The Frys have growntheir sturdy trees on the refuse dischargefrom a coal mine in Pennsylvania, in all50states, and many foreign countries.Those are some of the homeowner-

commercial uses of these mighty trees.But Fry has bigger ideas. too. He wantsto grow energy farms allover the UnitedStates, make wood our major source offuel and wean us of the OPEC spigot.That's big thinking, but Fry is an am-bitiousman.

"In our family, if we neededsomething, we learned to do it." Frysays. ''We neverweredefeated before westarted. In my own life, everymountainisthere to be climbed, not looked at."

His vision of growing energy farms onabandoned and marginal farmland wasformed during the mid-1970s energycrisis.As heputs it, "We started thinkingabout a tree as a source of energy. That

......--A NewYork--tPerspective

on Hybrid PoplarsEdwin White has energy to burn, in

more ways than one. A professor offorest soil science at the College of En-vironmental Science and Forestry atSyracuse, New York, he bustles abouthis cluttered office like a chipmunklooking for sunflower seeds, coming upevery so often to hold aloft anothermorsel of research paper. He exudesenergy.

"Here's another one," he says, flip-ping it onto the stack on his table. Thisone is entitled, "Whole-tree HarvestingDepletes Soil Nutrients." He publishedit in the Canadian Journal of ForestResearch in 1974.Another hits the table: "Production

of Methane from Fast-Growing Har-dwoods." White wrote that one, too.The telephone rings and White is hap-pily arranging another research projectand probing for researchers to hire.

He offers one more, this entitled.p

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came from a phone call. An outfit inVirginia was interested in planting30,OOO-acresof trees for an energy plan-tation in Tennessee. I never thoughtabout an energy plantation. But thatstarted the wheelsturning.With its crushing price increases,

OPEC had spun the wheels faster inFry'smind.

''We began directing our effortstoward the selection of suitable clonesfor energy farms," he says. "These treesare grown from asexually produced cut-tings. Production of these cuttingscurrently stands in excessof one millionper year. Under a crash program,production could be increased to about25million in two years and hundreds ofmillions the third year, with billions bythe fourth year."With hybrid poplar tree plantations,

Fry believes "no foreign government isgoing to cut off our source of fuel orpractice extortion. Our dollars will stayat home, with all of us benefitingtremendously. With this approach, we

would balance our budget, strengthenthe dollar, eliminate nuclear waste andthe danger of a nuclear disaster. Wewould reduce the chances of building updisasterous levels of CO2 in our at-mosphere, control erosion, help cleanup our streams. All of this is a realitywithin 10years.Even with the slight dropping off in .

energy costs and fading of the energycrisisof years ago, Fry stillthinks there isa need to make America energy self-sufficent with his trees. He has nodoubts about that.

"I think we're going to go through theringer again," Fry says. "Yes, we canmake America energy self-sufficent,There's no doubt about it."

Editor's note: The address and businesstelephone of Morton Fry is:MilesW. Fry&Sons, Inc., NurseryFrysvilleEphrata, Pa. 17522(717)354-4501 +

A man oj VISIOn, truly plantingTomorrow's TreesToday:Morton Fry

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"Guide for the Establishment ofHybrid Poplar Plantations in NewYork State." A couple of days earlierWhite and his technician DanielRobison had conducted an outdoorseminar for landowners interested ingrowing these miracle trees, the onessupposed to grow before your very eyesinto "biomass" that can, and does,power a city's electric power plant.Maybe Not

Edwin White has been messingaround with cottonwoods and fastgrowing poplars for years. The NewYork State Energy Research andDevelopment Authority investedthousands of dollars in his experienceon the matter. He remains enthusiasticabout field trials and big companies set-ting out plantations to power theirgenerators and boilers.But to land owners, his advice is dif-

ferent: "There's a lot of risk, and there'sno market yet. If costs you somewherebetween $300 and $500 per acre to getthem into the ground. As long as wehave all this junk in the forest to becleaned out and burned, who needshybrid poplar?"White acknowledges that Burlington

Electric, of Burlington, Vermont, waspaying only $17 per ton when it startedbuying wood chips, and has now beenpushed by competition from Ticon-deroga, New York, to raise that to $27.And, yes, Clarkson College in Pot-sdam, New York, and Colgate Univer-sity in Hamliton, New York, areheating with a central-campus chipburner. Even so, says White, the retur-ns just are not there.''1 think we're 25 years ahead of the

need," he says.Spectacular FailuresAside from the economic reality,

there is the not-so-small matter ofcultural difficulties.

"There have been some spectacularfailures," saysWhite. "Some of the bestknown commercially-available stock isfull of canker. And there's the questionof variety or clone selection. I think it'strickier than picking the right Christ-mas tree for a given site. The poplarsare even more site-specific. Christmastrees could grow on sites where youcould never grow hybrid poplars.White reflects on that for a moment.

"Yes. The cost per acre for a plantationis quite comparable to that of Christ-mas trees, yet there is no return. Whenyou can buy native, wild aspen for $3 acord, there's just no market."

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But, If You Must ...Edwin White says he's perfectly

willing to encourage landowners toplant hybrid poplars, just as long asthey have no false hopes."I hate to see people pick up the

Sunday paper and see the adver-tisement that says 'Grow Your OwnFirewood in FiveYears.' We are at leasttrying to get people to use methods wecan compare and monitor."White says that expert advice on

clone selection for a given site isavailable from James D. Solomon,Southern Hardwoods Lab, US ForestService, Stoneville, Mississippi. (601-686-7218)He is secretary of the PoplarCouncil of America. White says theCouncil has hopes of developing a sortof certified seed program, much likethat offered for most agricultural seed.One clone that White would like to

see "rogued out" of the nurseries is"Northeast 380A.""It's a piece of junk," saysWhite.White is establishing a few small trial

plots around New York State. If youwish to contact him, he can be reachedat 315-470-6774,or by writing to him atthe college, Syracuse, NewYork 13210. ·t·

Why Not Sell Small Bundles?Here's a good idea for marketing

firewood. These plastic-wrappedpackages of firewood, complete withstapled-on plastic handles, are offeredfor sale at Dearborn Farms farmmarket in Holmdel, New Jersey.The sign tacked on the wall offers

these packs of firewood at $3.99 forthree quarters of a cubic foot. Let's see,that works out to $681a full cord!

NYFOA SpringMeetingHighlightedWoodlotOpportunitiesSpring meetings of The New York

Forest Owners Association typically of-fer land owners a broad range of usefuladvice and inspiration. The springmeeting of April 13th was right ontarget, highlighted at one point by alively interchange between NYFOAveterans Bob Sand and AI Roberts onthe prospects for profit from tim-berland ownership.Sand, a longtime member and direc-

tor of NYFOA and chief forester ofCotton Hanlon company, a hardwoodmilling and timber management com-pany in Cayuta, New York, was one ofthe seminar speakers."There is no market better than the

land market or the timber market,"Sand told the 100 or so associationmembers in attendance. "The best hardmaple in the world grows right here inOnondaga County, and the finest redoak, too. One of the most viable forestproducts industries is right here in cen-tral New York.

"Trees can make you money," saidSand, "or they can make you moremoney. With no management, you canmake 100 board feet per acre per year. Iput my children through college withmy tree farms."When Sand had finished, A.W.

Roberts, Jr., another longtime veteranof NYFOA and a retired conservationdepartment forester, rose to offer somefigures that challenged Sand's conten-tion. After paying for the land at $400an acre and paying taxes every year,Roberts contended, you'd be better offputting your money into certificates ofdeposit. Some people in the audiencewondered afterwards if Roberts hadbeen prompted beforehand by Sand tostir up a lively debate, which indeed itwas...but all in good spirits and in thebest tradition of open discussion offorest-owner issues.Even aside from income potential,

contended Sand, forest land representsone of the best ways to transfer assetsfrom one generation to another.

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"I have some grandchildren trees," hesaid, "ones worth $200 to $250 each,ones I can keep to pass assets from onegeneration to the next with a lot lesstax. You can squeeze the value down.You can get any expert to convince thetax man of lesser value."Property taxes, though are

something altogether different, an ever-escalating problem. "There's no logic toit," said Sand. "The assessed valuationin Cortlandville is $355, but it's only$4.93 for forestland someplace else.The cheapest taxes Cotten-Hanlonpays for forestland is 72 cents an acreper year in Vestal. But in Lafayette, thetaxes are $14.75 an acre. It just boilsdown to politics."Ten years ago this land was assessed

as wild land. Now they call it recreationland. It's made a huge difference."On average, we've seen forestland

taxes increase 12070in the last fouryears. There's nothing I can do aboutit," said the forester. "It's not my faultthat the state needs 47 guys to patch ahole in the road."In the end, though, he resorted to

non-economic reasons for his passionfor forestland."I like to plant trees. At this time of

year, I don't know... there's justsomething that goes on inside me."

Use a ConsultantFrank Rose, a consulting forester

from Elmira, New York, area wasprominent on the agenda with a speechon "What a consulting forester can dofor you." He began with one of those"good news - bad news" stories.

"The good news is that consultingforesters can do great things for theforestland owner. The bad news is thathe doesn't do it for free."In order to put the hired services of a

consultant in perspective, Rose firstdescribed what a New York StateDepartment of Environmental Conser-vation forester can do for the lan-downer."In my region, at least," reported

Rose, "a state forester can give the lan-downer one day of free assistance peryear. He can provide timber salesmarking, up to 25 acres per year of it,at a charge of $8 per year. You can ex-pect from the department a sampletimber sales contract and a forestmanagement plan limited to 200 acresat a cost of $1 per acre."From the federal government,

through the Agricultural Stabilizationand Conservation Service (ASCS), youcan apply to receive through the FIP

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(forestry incentive program) for a sub-sidy. In my county the subsidy is $30 to$40per acre for thinning. The cut mustbe made within 12 months, and youmust not sell the cut material."Personally," says Rose, "I am not

pleased that the government offers suchforestry services." His profession ofprivate forestry is testimony to hisbelief that the private sector can handleit verywell, thank you.

What DEC Won't Do"Section 480a of the New York

Municipal law offers frequently sub-stantial tax savings," says Rose. "But aDEC (Department of EnvironmentalConservation) management plan doesnot qualify a forest owner for this.You'll have to engage a consultingforester for that. Nor willDEC becomeinvolved in disputes that might involve

"I recently ran a timber sale thatyielded $43,000. At 10%, that would be$4,300. But at a per hour rate, my billto my client was only $3,000."There are ways to screen foresters,

just as you would any professional thatyou might hire. Rose points out thatthe Department of EnvironmentalConservation publishes a list ofcooperating consulting foresters whoare supposed to match up to certainstandards, "but I know of someforesters on that list I wouldn't hire. Irecommend you ask the forester if he isa member of the Society of AmericanForesters. Is he a member of the NewYork Institute of Consulting Forestersand the National Association of Con-sulting Foresters? All theseorganizations have ethical standards ofbehavior that their members are expec-ted to follow."

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Frank Rose, consulting forester, spokeat the Spring meeting of NYFOA.

court action."The state will not perform timber

cruise appraisals. It will not put yourtimber out to bid, prepare a contract,supervise cutting and clean-up, norbecome involved in site preparationand tree planting. As a consultingforester, I do these things."Rose says that a payment of 7% to

15% is common to a forester. "I makeit a practice to charge $25 an hour plusexpenses. I can convert that to a peracre fee, but this is more clear.

After asking those questions, saysRose, check references, "and not just acouple. Ask for a list of the last 10people for whom he has worked. Call afew.

Rose noted that at one sale he putout to bid, the high bid was $43,555.The low bid was only $8,000.''Was it worth it for the land owner

to hire that consultant?"To Frank Rose, the obvious answer

IS yes. +

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In the past, most tree plantingproceeded with profit motivation. Nowforesters know that tree planting isprofitable only under favorable cir-cumstances, such as the use of fastgrowing trees on good sites, the plan-ting of sufficient acreage (usually atleast 10 acres), good follow-upmanagement, and a location near goodmarkets. More and more owners ofsmall parcels of land, especially thosewho earn their living in the city, are notconcerned with profit and plant toenhance the beauty or privacy of theirland or simply to be able to watch treesgrow. Such owners are not restricted toparticular species, good soils, orrecommended spacing or othermanagement practices that may provewise for the owner motivated by profit;they may have better success, however,if they take proper care in selectingspecies and site, the purpose of plantingis the first consideration for a suc-cessful planting.

If lumber is the product desired,your chief consideration is a good yieldper acre, in a relatively short time, of aspecies with the required wood charac-teristics. Pioneer species, such asJapanese larch, demand full light andfewer trees per acre; but early fastgrowth produces large individual treeswith a good lumber volume at age 60 inwell-managed stands. Shade-tolerantspruces, on the other hand, require bet-

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A FOREST OWNER'S GUIDETO TREE PLANTING

by Robert Morrow, LawrenceHamilton, and Fred Winch, Jr.

Cornell University

ter soil, grow slowly in youth, and takelonger to mature; but eventual volumemay exceed that of larch. White pine isintermediate in growth rate, and redpine grows more like larch. Amongconifers, the soft, easily worked woods,which hold paint well or finishbeautifully, usually bring the highestprice. Pines are valued above otherconifers for these reasons, and thewhite pine leads all other pines.

For pulpwood, species that producea large volume per acre are preferred.Many pulp mills pay a premium forspecies that have long fibers, low pitchcontent, and high density. Thesecharacteristics are found in the sprucesmore than in other species. Ordinarily,trees are not planted solely for pulp-wood, because pulp prices are low, andthinnings can be sold for this purpose.Remember that pulpwood markets donot exist in some parts of the state.

For poles, fence posts, and grapestakes, the species selected should bethose that either have naturally durableheartwood or are easily impregnatedwith wood preservatives. Black locusthas extremely durable heartwood, andthe pines are most easily treated withpreservatives. Except for black locust,plantings are not usually made for thesesmall wood products alone; thinningsfrom plantations destined for otheruses ordinarily supply them.For protection wind

throughout the year, evergreens withfairly dense foliage, such as spruce andcedars, are best.

For reclaiming eroded sites, usuallythe fastest growing trees and those thatcan tolerate adverse conditions areplanted. Depending on soil conditions,red, Scotch, or jack pine do well.Where erosion is extreme or extensive,use shrubs and other plants recommen-ded by the local Soil ConservationDistrict.

SITEThat trees formerly covered the

countryside is no assurance that theywill still grow well everywhere. Manyyears of cultivation and erosion orrepeated burning may have reduced thefertility to the point of nutrientdeficiency. Friable topsoil may havebeen lost by erosion so that not enoughremains over the clay or rock subsoilfor good root development. In ad-dition, the natural drainage patternmay have been upset by road buildingand agriculture. Soils grade from goodto poor in forest-producing ability justas they do for field crops. The leastproductive are very thin, rocky soilsand wet, cold, poorly drained ones.Norway spruce does not grow well onvery thin, rocky soils, and red pine diesat an early age on wet, cold, poorlydrained soils. Most other trees makepoor growth, at best, on such sites.

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Choice of site is most important ifyou plan to grow timber crops. Thereare numerous examples of the sametree species growing from 200 to 400percent more lumber on one site thanon another in the same length of time.Furthermore, the logs are larger andthe lumber more valuable on a goodsite.

A tree's needs for soil fertility andespecially for soil moisture will guideyou to choosing species that are suitedto your proposed planting site. Treesthat need the most moisture usuallyalso need the most nutrients and oftenare the most tolerant of shade.

Never confuse soil moisture with soildrainage. There is a great differenceamong trees in soil moisturerequirements, but few trees can standpoor drainage. For example, red pineand larch grow well in moist loam orclay loam if the drainage is good. Ifdrainage is impeded at depths of lessthan 18 inches, poor growth and evendeath of the tree can be expected.

SPACING OF TREESAfter you have selected a species that

will yield the end product you want andhave found a suitable growing site forthis species, then you must consider theoutlay of time and money necessary tosee the planting develop into a forest.In addition to planting costs, there arecosts for thinning and pruning thegrowing forest. These depend largelyon the species, the site, and especiallythe spacing of seedlings in the plan-tation.

The spacing of trees is determined bya compromise between the dual objec-tives of fast growth and high qualitywood production. This compromise isinfluenced by markets for small woodproducts, the price of high qualitywood, and the costs of planting, thin-ning, pruning, and other management.Trees planted close together yield highquality trees with small knots, littletaper, and easily pruned branches; butthe costs of planting and thinning canbe excessive. For example, trees planted6 x 6 feet apart may need to be thinnedwhen only 15 years old and 4 inches indiameter. Markets for such small woodare seldom available. On the otherhand, extremely wide spacing may notproduce enough good trees for the finalcrop, even though planting and thin-ning costs are greatly reduced.

The choice of spacing is also influen-ced by species, site, and productsdesired. Shade-tolerant spruce can be

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planted closer together withoutstagnation on good deep soil, especiallyin humid regions, because root com-petition is less serve. Planting sitesdirectly exposed to strong prevailingwinds need somewhat closer spacing toprevent extreme stem taper. If the soilis poor or the field difficult to reach, orif you are not likely to thin as needed,space the trees farther apart.

Note that rectangular rather thansquare spacing is used. A plantationwith trees spaced 6 x 10 feet will growas well as one spaced 8 x 8 feet, and it ismuch easier to get a tractor and otherskidding equipment between the rowsso that future management and harvestwill be easy. Occasional wider rows orroadways may be desirable.

SEASONS FOR PLANTINGSpring is the best time to plant forest

trees. Planting, especially of larch,should be done as soon as frost is outof the ground and the soil can beworked easily. The most favorableconditions for growth are usuallyfound during the first few weeks of thegrowing season. At this time, the rootsare active and become quicklyestablished. Planting should always befinished as early as possible to have thebenefit of spring rains. It should becompleted, in most parts of the state,early in May, although in the northerncounties it may be carried on suc-cessfully during the whole month. Theperiod depends on the location andwhether the season is -advanced ordelayed. There should be no moredelay than necessary between the timethe trees leave the nursery and whenthey are permanently established on theplanting site. Conifers can stand plan-ting after growth has started, thoughthis may result in breakage of new tipsand in high mortality if dry, windy daysfollow.

After autumn rains have replenishedthe moisture in the soil, fall plantingcan be undertaken on well-drained soilsand on protected sites where early per-manent snowfall is expected. However,heavy, poorly drained soils exposed toalternate freezing and thawing mayheave, and many trees may be lost as aresult. On exposed sites with littlesnow, evergreens may be desiccated bydrying winter winds. The southern andwestern parts of the state have manysoils subject to frost heaving andsometimes have little snow cover. Falldroughts through October are com-mon. Therefore, fall planting should beundertaken with extreme caution.

REPLANTING

In years of normal weather, the lossof planted trees should not exceed 10percent if your planting is well done. Iflosses exceed 25 percent, you shouldprobably replant the failed areas withina year or two. This is especially impor-tant if the trees are widely spaced. If,however, most of the losses are in thesame part of the plantation, the soil inthat area may be unsuitable for thespecies you used. Larch, because of itsfast growth, should be considered forreplanting where soils are suitable.

UNDERPLANTING

Planting under the shade of existingforest usually results in failure,especially with the light -demanding lar-ches and pines. Although both spruceand white pine grow poorly underheavy shade, they may do well undervery light aspen or gray birch cover.Usually the best way to grow trees oncutover land and grazed woodlots is tofence out cattle, keep out fire, and letnature do the seeding.

lNTERPLANTING

In old fields and pastures that arepartially but slowly being reforested bynatural seeding, you can fill in openareas by planting. This applies ingeneral to areas not more than one-fourth to one-half covered with youngtrees. Do not plant closer than 10 feetto young trees already present norcloser than 30 feet to the edge of awoodlot. Where the natural seedingcovers over half the area, competitionof older trees may be too great forplanted trees to survive in the smalleropenings; let such areas reseednaturally. However, use of widelyspaced nurse trees, such as larch orblack locust, may improve growth con-ditions for valuable hardwoodseedlings .•••

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Potter Wins Heiberg Award

Robert G. Potter is the recipient ofthe 1985 Svend Oluf HeibergMemorial Award. The late professorHeiberg is regarded as having beenthe chief founder of the New YorkForest Owners Association, and theaward is presented to that person"who has conceived and completed asignificant project in the field of con-servation, land use, land restoration,forest management or other actionsin keeping with the aims and purposesof the New York Forest OwnersAssociation. "

Potter, a third generation hard-wood lumberman, operates a familysawmill near Allegany in CattaraugusCounty, New York. Born and raisedwith sawmilling in his blood, he hasbeen active all his life in the forestproducts business. His formal educa-tion included attendance at both theCollege of Forestry at Syracuse andPaul Smith's College before

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Delaware County Scene of-June 22Woodswalk

Pineholm Tree Farm in DelawareCounty, New York, will be the site fora June 22nd woodswalk. Slated for a 10a.m. beginning, the woodswalk will behosted by Norman Richards, whoresides in Syracuse.

This old hill farm was purchased in I

1954 by Norm Richards in partnershipwith his father, while Norm was aforestry student at Syracuse. Theyplanted the open fields to about 80,000conifers for Christmas trees,reforestation, and experimental plan-tings, including many mistakes. All thewoodlands on the farm were cut-overand of low quality, but have been im-proved somewhat by poisoning lowgrade trees before there was a firewoodmarket. The property was certified inthe Tree Farm System in 1965, andpurchase of some adjacent woodlandshas now increased it to about 190 acres.

The goal of Mr. Richards in owningthe property is family enjoyment andpaying its own way from limited inputsof capital and labor. Christmas treeshave paid farm expenses for the last 20years. More recently, these have beensupplemented by firewood stumpagesales and one sawtimber sale. A smallsugar bush is leased to a neighbor.Some wildlife management is practiced.A meadow is kept open by controlledburning. Several fruit and nut treespecies have been tested on the farm.

Pineholm Tree Farm is located at theend of Shaver Road, approximatelyone mile north of New York Route 23,about four miles west of Stamford and18 miles east of Oneonta. After passingthe Pineholm gate, drive slowly alongthe private road about a half mile, andpark in the open meadow.

July 20 Woodswalk Set forWestern NY

The New York Forest OwnersAssociation is sponsoring a woods walkat the property of Evan James on July20th, 10 a.m.

The farm is located on Clark Road, agravel road, approximately five milesfrom the village of Franklinville, whichis on Route 16, 55 miles south of Buf-falo and 25 miles north of Olean. +!<

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NYFOA Treasurer's Report

The report printed below was com-mented on and accepted at the An-nual Meeting on April 13. I point outthat the Membership Income was up9.6070 over 1983. Forest Owner ex-pense was over budget by $871because the Directory Issue,distributed in November, was notbudgeted. Our deficit of $826 waswithin the budget and left us with anet worth or reserve of $4674. If youhave questions, I shall be glad to tryto answer them.

- Stuart McCartyTreasurer

New York Forest Owners Association, Inc.Financial Statment for 1984 and Budget for 1985

Actual Budget Actual Budget1983 1984 1984 1985

IncomeMembership $7650 $8000 $8384.00 $9000Interest 515 400 571.33 400Activities 16 431.00* 75

TOTAL INCOME $8181 $8400 $9386.33 $9475

ExpensesForest Owner $6780 $6500 $7371.32** $6500Membership Sect'y Expenses 745 850 1038.76 975Membership Committee 303 600 591.72 150Liability Insurance 331 350 314.00 325Printing & Supplies 35 100 525.71*** 150Awards Committee 156 175 146.59 175Education & Publicity Com. 187 350 200Association Dues 50 50 50.00 50Dir's Elections & Meetings 13 100 23.00 50President's Expenses 130 150 71.88 100Woods Walks 50 80.09 100Directors' Communications 73

TOTAL EXPENSES $8803 $9275 $10213.07 $9475

Income less Expenses ($622) ($875) ($826.74) 0

Balance Sheet as of December 31, 1984

AssetsChecking Account $ 703.69Money Market Fund 3800.67Accunts Receivable 170.00

Total Assets $4674.36

Liabilities and Net WorthNet Worth 12/31183Income less Expenses '84Net Worth 12/31184

Total Liabilities and Net Worth

$5501.10826.74

$4674.36$4674.36

* Activities Income for 1984 is net of offsetting income (contributions) and expense items of$234.70 for bumper stickers.

** Forest Owner Expense for 1984 is net of $625, representing proceeds of ads in Directoryissue.

*** Printing and Supplies Expense for 1984 includes $350 expense for NYFOA signs availablefor resale.

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It Is Not EnoughTo Own a Forest.

The challenge is to nurture it, to fulfilladestiny of beauty, productivity, and familypride ... while turning enough dollars overto hang on to it. But how?

There are no easy answers, only ideas toponder by the woodstove. That's whatNYFOA is all about: ideas, family pride inforest management, and sharing ofdreams.

Through regular issues of The ForestOwner magazine, frequent seminars andwoods walks in one another's woodlots,and extended tours to extend thefellowship and learning in foreign lands,members of the New York Forest OwnersAssociation are growing as surely as thetrees in their woodlots.

New York Forest OwnersAssociationPost Office Box 69,Old Forge, New York1342()-()()69Yes. I'd like to learn more about The

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Got a question?

ASK AFORESTER

Long Range Trouble ShootingMy white pines are on a slope

above a friend's water source. Iwant to defeat the white pineweevil but do not want to poisonmy friend. So, my questions are:1. Are oxydemeton methyl andMetasystox-R the same thing?

Yes, Metasystox-R is the tradename.2. Are the spraying dates listed forsoutheastern NY the same inSteuben County, near Presho?

Yes, they are, but also impor-tant is the seasonal variation fromyear to year.3. Which treatment is more effec-tive, spraying or removal andburning leaders?Spraying is more effective.

4. Is there any advantage in doingboth?Some trees may be missed

during spraying. If these are at-

tacked, you could clip and burnthem. To be effective the clippingmust be done before the insectpupates and then emerges as anadult. Clip in late Mayor earlyJuly.5. Are there alternative ways ofdealing with this problem?I realize it is too late for you,

but the best way to deal with thewhite pine weevil is to plant redpine, larch, etc. You will have totreat white pine every year untilthe trees are at least 20feet tall.6. Would it make sense to cut offthe tops of the trees which havealready been weeviled down to thelowest whorl of branches? Thismight produce a longer, straightbole.No, don't do it. Corrective

pruning can be done by cuttingback on all branches in the lastwhorl except one. This one will

then turn up to be the leader.Eventually the resulting crook willstraighten up and be unnoticeablein afew years.

- question posed byJames N. Martin

Muenster, West Germany- answered by A. W. Roberts, Jr.

DamedMiceMeadow mice or voles girdled

several thousand of my best,waist-high Scotch pine trees thispast winter. In many cases there isno bark left from ground levelright up to the first whorl, say, afoot high. I've heard that Scotchpine might be tough enough torecover. Is there any chance ofthis? And what do I do to stopthis costly damage?

-P.D.M.Willseyville,NY

Unless there is at least a smallstrip of continuous bark left, theylikely won't survive.

These things are cyclical, andthe mouse population did a lot ofdamage around here this year. Itcaught a lot of people off guard.fie had several calls on it. TheAustrian pine seems especiallyhard hit, but the Colorado bluespruce and the white spruce seemnot to befavorites for the mice.

One way to guard against thisproblem is to walk thefields in thefall and watch to see if the micescurry away from you. We arefull-time growers and we are inthefields all the time, something apart-time grower is less able to do.I saw the problem coming last falland put out some zinc phosphidein cracked corn to poison them.You spread it 10 pounds to theacre, just like the orchardoperators do. There's no way itwill work with only one ap-plication. It must be put onseveral times.Anybody needing zinc

phosphide will probably have togo to afruit growing area, such asWayne County, NY, to obtain it.You can probably get it fromSodus Agway (315-483-6817) orAg Chem (315-483-9146) and youneed to be a licensed pesticide ap-plicator to use it, or hire someonewho is. Two poisoned appleproducts, Ramik Brown andRamik Green, could also be used.Be sure to follow the label instruc-tionsfor storage and use.Mowing and herbicides may

have some beneficial affect(destroying cover so that foxesand owls can be more effective) inyears with little snow cover, but ifsnow cover is extensive andlasting, mowing won't mattermuch.

- Ken FrankeProfessional Christmas

Tree GrowerMarion, N. Y.

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Oassified advertisements:There's asimple formula for placing aclassified advertisement in The NewYork Forest Owner. Write or,preferably, type your adver-tisement. Count the words (this adis 57 words), multiply by 25 centsper word, and send a check for thatamount with your ad to: Editor,New York Forest Owner, 257Owego Street, Candor, New York13743.

Display advertisements arewelcome. They cost $5 per columninch flat rate. There are three 10-inch columns per page. Ads shouldbe submitted camera-ready or innegative form. Ads can be designedand laid out for advertisers at a flatrate of $25. Any black and whiteglossy photo in the ad will cost $10.Please inquire for circulation anddemographic information. Contactthe editor, 257 Owego Street, Can-dor, New York 13743. Telephone007-659-5275 evenings.

For Sale: 22 acres of forestland nearOxford, New York. Much mer-chantable timber, borders troutstream, some road frontage butprivate, very close to state lands.Sugar bush. $14,500 with terms.Contact Jerry Cibelli, Box 258, RD1, Middletown, New York 10940.Telephone: 914-386-5394.

For sale: Christmas trees are a goodcash crop. We have the plantingstock. We also have deciduousshrubs, trees, and ground covers,including nut trees. We do plantingin nearby counties, but plantingseason is now over. Booking ordersfor spring 1986. W.C. Cottrell,5577 South Geneva Road, Sodus,New York 14451. Telephone: 315-483-9684.

For sale: Christmas tree seedlings.Special 5-8" woodsplants, $95 perthousand. Superior Balsam wood-splants 8-15", $200 per thousand.Balsam woodsplants 8-15" tran-splanted in trenches at least oneyear and fertilized, $400 perthousand (available after 8/15/85).Contact Walker's Tree Farms, EastBurke, Vermont 05832. Telephone:802-626-5276.

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For sale: Black walnut tree, 18"diameter at 4 112 feet aboveground. Twenty feet to first limb.Contact AI Conti, 23 Tall PinesLane, Lake Ronkonkoma, NewYork 11779. Telephone: 516-467-6790 evenings.

For sale: Black walnut tree, 18"DBH, 18 feet to first limb. Easy toget to from street. Contact VincentJ. Erickson, 844 Garden Ave.,Olean, New York 14700.Telephone: 716-372-6337.

For sale: Luzerne FirewoodProcessor, capable of producing atleast 30 cords of split firewood perday. Contact Kenneth Anderson, 30North Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre,Pennsylvania 18701-130I.Telephone: 717-829-8621.

Wanted: Hickory wood, trailer-load quantities, delivered or pickedup. Also, all hardwoods, apple andcherry. Call 201-435-1935.

Wanted: Red pine logs, 7-inch andup; 8-foot lengths, delivered to millat Locke, New York. Red Pinestanding timber, 9-inch DBH andup; also accepting white pine, Scot-ch Pine, Larch, #2 and #3 har-dwood logs. We require 2 millionfeet per year. Contact Pierre Cote,300 Peru Road, Groton, New York13073.Telephone: 007-898-3794.

Wanted: Hardwood pallet logs, topprice, continuous year-roundbuying. Contact Peter C. Herman,Inc., Marion, New York 14505.Telephone: 315-331-2850(days) and716-223-5191(evenings).

Wanted: Large and medium-sizetracts of mature timber or tim-berland. Contact Edward Mitchell,Route 1, Box 420, Pawling, NewYork 12564. Telephone: 212-695-1640or 914-855-1448.

Wanted: Veneer logs, red oak,prime veneer and panel quality.Cherry in prime veneer and panelquality. White hard maple, 19 in-ches and up in diameter. For pricesand specifications contact Bill Reeseat Spartywood Products, Inc., RD2, Spartansburg, Pennsylvania16434.Telephone: 814-654-7111.

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Forest Owners Tour: New Zealand,early March, 1986.Visit other forestowners and Christmas tree growersin this agricultural paradise. Tourarranged especially for forest ownersby forest owners. Sponsored by NewYork Forest Owners Association.Contact New Yorkshire Tours, 257Owego Street, Candor, NY 13743.Telephone 007-659-5275.

Wanted: Red cedar pulpwood, 4-foot lengths at roadside. Anyamount. Contact R. Schager,Altamont, N.Y. 12009. Telephone518-861-6954.

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